JOPLIN ANIMALS: American Humane Association to help animal victims of disaster

JOPLIN SCHOOLS: Schools struggling to regroup -- Joplin R-8 schools are scrambling to regroup after Sunday's tornado destroyed three buildings, including the high school, and seriously damaged three more. By William Kluesner, Morning Sun (Kan.)

JOPLIN HOMELESS: Agencies stepping up efforts to help Joplin homeless -- The death toll from Sunday's massive tornado that ripped the heart out of Joplin stands at 125, with nine people rescued alive from the rubble in the days after the storm. By John Hacker, Carthage (Mo.) Press

JOPLIN'S NEIGHBOR: Joplin's neighbor, Duquesne, Mo., also suffers tornado damage, deaths -- Tornado damage slices down the 20th Street corridor of Joplin, Mo., but it doesn’t end at the city limits. The trail of debris rolled right through Duquesne, Mo., a city of 2,000 that joins the eastern side of Joplin. Eight of the 125 dead were found here, and 300 houses were destroyed. Amye Buckley/ Neosho (Mo.) Daily News

JOPLIN RED CROSS UPDATE: Red Cross disaster relief update in Joplin -- There were about 200 residents at a shelter in Joplin, Mo., Wednesday night, run by the Greater Ozarks Chapter of the American Red Cross, which continues to operate the shelter at Missouri Southern State University. Carthage (Mo.) Press

JOPLIN NFL BRIEF: St. Louis Rams players to visit Joplin -- Today, current and former football players of the St. Louis Rams will travel to Joplin, Mo., to deliver supplies to an American Red Cross shelter, tour the damage and meet with tornado survivors. Carthage (Mo.) Press

JOPLIN MISSING BRIEF: Missouri safety officials take charge of locating unaccounted-for individuals -- At the direction of Gov. Jay Nixon, the Missouri Department of Public Safety has assumed control of the process of locating unaccounted-for individuals as a result of Sunday’s deadly tornado in Joplin, Mo. Carthage (Mo.) Press

KIDZBUZZ: How to make ice cream (posted in advance for the holiday)
-- NOTE: The final KidzBuzz page of the school year will publish June 3. It will return weekly in the fall.

JULY FAMILY: Save on amusement park tickets, fun car-ride games for kids and a no-cook dinner recipe

BUYING INSURANCE PAGE: Making sure you have enough coverage

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FLAG DAY PAGE: 10 facts about the flag you might not have known

Lifestyles

RELIGION NEWS: NFL player seeks to grow Christian apparel company -- weekly Religion News with items on Mark Clayton, St. Louis Rams wide receiver, and his Christian apparel company, “Getting to Heaven: Departing Instructions for Your Life Now” by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey and more. By GHNS

DANNY HENLEY: Facing a pair of tuxedo shoes -- For heaven’s sake, it could have been a snippet of information gained when a Guantanamo Bay detainee was forced to wear a pair of tuxedo shoes that enabled U.S. forces to locate Osama bin Laden. Hannibal (Mo.) Courier-Post

KELLEY BALDWIN: T-ball time for 6-year-olds -- There’s nothing that separates the men from the boys more than the first T-ball practice for 6-year-olds. Especially when we’re talking about my husband, Mr. Assistant Coach With Dreams of Grandeur. Maryville (Mo.) Daily Forum

DIANA BOGGIA: Sensory integration disorder in children -- I was introduced to a mom who said her 9-year-old daughter was causing so many problems within their family that it was nearly destroying her marriage. She reported that their 7-year-old son was so easygoing and compliant, but their daughter had been “difficult” since birth. Canton (Ohio) Repository

MEGAN TILK: When it rains on your parade -- Nothing brings out the true colors of family more than an entire weekend of togetherness. As typical, Midwest thunderstorms fell over southwest Iowa on the day of my kid brother's graduation reception, and the women of my family sprang into action. Maryville (Mo.) Daily Forum

CHERYL MILLER: Energy Star or energy waste? -- As apartment dwellers during the first 15 years of our marriage, we had to start from scratch when we furnished the house we eventually built. Thus, all of our major household appliances are now the same age: 26 years. By Cheryl Miller, Messenger Post (NY)

DAN MAC ALPINE: Apocalypse not now -- News flash: The end of the world has been pushed off to the end of October if you're one of the Rapture folks, or to the end of 2012 if you prefer the Mayan view of things. By Dan Mac Alpine, Wicked Local Ipswich (Mass.)

EDITORIAL: Medicare: Preserve it or end it? -- The choice for voters comes down to intentions: Will they support the party that pledges to end Medicare as we know it, or the one that promises to preserve Medicare as we know it? The MetroWest Daily News (Mass.)

PHILLIP M. DAMPIER: Net neutrality heads off corporate greed -- Now big cable and phone companies want to be paid twice to deliver that Internet content — once by you and once again by me. Imagine paying for a long-distance call and learning AT&T also wants to bill whoever answers. MPNNow (N.Y.)

Business

BIZ BITS: Ways to keep your small business tax-healthy -- Weekly business rail with items on small-business tax rules, a Better Business Bureau warning on driving schools and more. By GHNS

Sports

DIAMOND DIRT: Don't let what happens off the field keep you from the ballpark -- Like it or not, baseball does have a business side. Purists like myself really do hate it when there’s no team loyalty and players bounce around for the best price, but that’s just the way things go. Dominic Genetti/ Hannibal (Mo.) Courier-Post
* Poll idea: Which sports game would you rather attend: baseball, basketball, hockey, football?

LANCE ARMSTRONG: John Reilly: Lance Armstrong could be most criminal athlete in U.S. history -- Before I start, let me just state for the record: I like Lance Armstrong, and I find Tyler Hamilton detestable. But if these accounts hold true and the allegations of trafficking and doping against Armstrong eventually manifest into charges, he may well go down in sports lore as the most criminal athlete in United States history. John Reilly/The Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
* Poll idea: Do you think Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs, or did he win his races fair and square?